Mothers and meaning on the early modern English stage /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Felicity Dunworth
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Manchester University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
248 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The transformation of tradition in the sixteenth century -- Motherhood and the classical tradition -- Motherhood and history -- 'Pleasing punishment' : motherhood and comic narrative -- Motherhood and the household : domestic tragedy and city comedy -- Typology and subjectivity in Hamlet and Coriolanus -- Dead mothers among the living -- Conclusion
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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'Mothers and Meaning on the Early Modern English Stage' is a study of the dramatised mother figure in English drama from the mid-16th century to the early 17th centuries
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-- History and criticism